Fanatics · 19 hours ago
Software Engineer II - Client Service
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$138K/yr - $181K/yr
3+ years expFanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform, and they are seeking a Software Engineer II to join their Betting & Gaming team. In this role, you will be responsible for building client-facing service layers for Sportsbook and Casino experiences, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality backend services and APIs.
eSportsManufacturingRetailSporting GoodsSports
No H1B
Responsibilities
Power consumer-facing mobile Sportsbook and Casino experiences
Own backend-for-frontend (BFF) services that aggregate, transform, and optimize data for mobile clients
Collaborate closely with mobile engineers, product managers, and platform teams to define API contracts and deliver end-to-end features
Implement new backend features from functional requirements through production readiness, including testing and monitoring
Contribute to service architecture decisions, data flow design, and performance optimizations for real-time systems
Participate in an on-call rotation to troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues, and improve overall system reliability
Apply best practices for observability, including logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting
Participate in code reviews to maintain high standards for code quality, reliability, and maintainability
Contribute to team planning, estimation, and technical design discussions
Continuously deepen understanding of the business domain, including sports event hierarchies, betting workflows, and data quality considerations
Collaborate effectively with teammates and contribute to a positive, inclusive engineering culture
Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices or industry events for collaboration and team-buildingDesign, develop, test, document, and deploy high-quality backend services and APIs that
Qualification
Required
3–7 years of professional software development experience, primarily focused on backend or service-oriented systems
Strong programming fundamentals with hands-on experience in Kotlin or Java
Experience building and maintaining backend services and RESTful APIs, ideally using Spring (Spring Boot, Spring Web, etc.) or similar frameworks
Solid understanding of microservices architecture, service-to-service communication, and API design principles
Experience working with databases (SQL or NoSQL) and comfortable with data modeling and caching strategies
Familiarity with production operations, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and CI/CD pipelines
Ability to take ownership of services and features from development through production support
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to reason through complex technical challenges
Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with ambiguity and evolving requirements
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a remote-first environment
Preferred
Experience designing or operating distributed systems or event-driven architectures
Familiarity with Apache Kafka or similar messaging/streaming platforms
Exposure to Pekko (or Akka), reactive programming models, or asynchronous processing
Experience building backend-for-frontend (BFF) layers for mobile applications
Knowledge of cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience optimizing systems for low latency, high throughput, or real-time data delivery
Background working with data-intensive services, live feeds, or real-time processing pipelines
Interest in sports, gaming, or highly interactive consumer products
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401K
Paid time off
GymPass
Pet Insurance
Family Care Benefits
Home office setup stipend
Company
Fanatics
Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.9BKey Investors
Clearlake Capital GroupNational Football LeagueAlameda Research
2022-12-06Private Equity· $700M
2022-03-02Private Equity· $1.5B
2022-01-01Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
J
Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Michael Mahan
CEO
Recent News
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